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Industrial Design Applications
Year Residents Non-residents Total % change
2008 664 4,618 5,282
2009 825 3,444 4,269 -19.2
2010 868 4,274 5,142 20
2011 790 4,437 5,227 1.65
2012 847 4,515 5,362 2.51
Industrial Design Registrations
Year Residents Non-residents Total % change
2008 613 5,302 5,915
2009 654 4,420 5,074 -14.2
2010 845 4,330 5,175 2
2011 720 4,010 4,730 -8.59
2012 582 3,593 4,175 -13.29
CA_ID_1.txt
II. Matters concerning the generation, reproduction, and distribution of industrial design documents and of secondary sources of industrial design information, i.e., official gazettes
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The Canadian industrial design prior art search file comprises approximately 141556 registered designs.
All registered designs are stored electronically in ‘DesignPlus’. Access to these registered designs is available for public search via the CIPO’s web site (Industrial Design Database).
The Industrial Design Division maintains a searchable record of registered industrial designs as follows:
On-Line Electronic search file All designs registered in the ‘DesignPlus’ system, this search file includes the application as registered (owner name/address, title, description, agent and/or representative for service in Canada), drawings, and bibliographic data (filing date, priority date, registration date, classification). Registrations are searchable by registration number, title, agent name, owner name, and by class.
Microfiche / CD-rom search file: For designs registered prior to June 2002, this search file includes microfiche and CD copies of the registration certificate, the application as registered, assignments and maintenance documents. It is maintained in numerical order by registration number.
Paper correspondence file: This search file includes a complete file document history including prosecution and correspondence. These files are maintained in numerical order by application number.
Index cards: For designs registered prior to June 2002, an alphabetical index card system arranged by owner, assignee and licensee is maintained as a means of obtaining the registration number of a particular design.
Updating
The Canadian industrial design prior art search file is updated on a daily basis.
The online searchable database available on CIPO's website is updated weekly (every Thursday night).
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X. Other relevant matters